Watch the birdy. Sunbird.

As the light began to fade, I was having a coffee on the stoep when I heard him chirping away to my right.

I went inside and fetched the Sony cyber shot. I knew he would pay a visit to the Aloes before he turned in for the evening so activated the zoom and focused in that general area. For a shot like this using the zoom I am finding it almost impossible to have enough time to focus, and more so for a bird like this, and it’s a small wonder I managed a shot at all. From reading camera reviews this is a common gripe. But I reckon I still need a lot more practice. 🙂

9 thoughts on “Watch the birdy. Sunbird.”

I imagine that the trouble is stabilisation versus zoom power? It took me a while to work out how to use the ol’ Canon on full stabilised zoom—it seems to insert a time-lagged rolling motion, but if so, keep at it and practise will help heaps (in the meantime you’ll get lots of lovely shots of beaks, or feet, or worse …)

They arrive with the autumn and the flowering of the Aloes, which they love. I will attempt to get a few decent shots this year now that I have the Sony Cyber shot available. It has a decent zoom but needs a steady hand to focus!